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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-03-18 DTPC MINStillwater Downtown Parking Commission Meeting Minutes March 18, 2010 Commissioners present: Curt Newcomb, chair /resident; Jeff Johnson, vice - chair /resident; David Korte, secretary /resident; Aimee Peletier, business; Sherri Hopfe Franke, business. Commissioners absent: Dave Junker, resident; Kevin LaCasse, business City Staff present: John Gannaway, police chief, Dennis Pasket, parking enforcement officer; Bill Turnblad, community development director; Mike Pogge, City Planner Guest: Kathy Mielke, Rivertown Commons; Roger Tomten, Heritage Preservation Commission Submitted by: David Korte agenda discussion action opening comment Curt thanked Bill for the excellent job he did preparing the meeting's information packets. approval of February A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. The motion passed in a Bill will forward a copy of the minutes unanimous voice vote. approved minutes to the Stillwater city clerk and to David Korte. agenda items John asked to have agenda items moved so visitors could have their issues addressed first. Commissioners agreed. Rivertown Commons request Kathy from Rivertown Commons said their assigned eight -ramp parking places are Kathy will speak to the owner of for addition ramp spaces working great and are appreciated. She requested two more spaces in the ramp on a the property and see if some temporary basis. It was mentioned when the original eight spaces were approved the arrangement can be made for commission wanted a year to look at the ramp's financials before considering any residents of Rivertown Commons. more requests. Dennis mentioned the private parking lot at the corner of Commercial Dennis volunteered to assist Kathy Street and Mulberry Street (west of parking lot #10) as an option for Rivertown if she needed help with contacting Commons resident parking. Kathy agreed this might be a solution and will speak with and/or speaking to the property the lot's property owner. It was agreed to table this item. owner. parking ramp signage Bill said the projecting sign the commission wanted for the parking ramp's Second City staff will bring this Street entrance was 15 to 18 square feet in size. As the code is six square feet the recommendation to the HPC for commission would need to send the request to the Heritage Preservation Committee Design Permit Review. for design review and then also ask for a variance. City staff developed an alternative to the protruding sign for the commission to consider, i.e., to have white lettering stating " Public Parking" on the parking ramp structure over the second street entrance and a projecting sign for the parking ramp that would require no variances. Commissioners agreed with the proposal and suggested the protruding sign be replaced with two wayfinding signs, one for north bound traffic and one for south bound traffic, both on a lamppost on either side of the second street entrance. A agenda discussion action page 2 motion was made and seconded for a sign over the second street entrance and two signs on the lampposts. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. Stillwater Criterium John presented the Minnesota Bicycle Festivals request for use of a parking lot for City staff will forward their 9 th annual (seventh year in Stillwater) Nature Valley Grand Prix Stillwater recommendation. Criterium bicycle race on 06/20/10. Discussion suggested some extra traffic control on Myrtle Street would be needed for this event and concern the organizers were requesting the use of Lot 1, South Main St. lot, which could negatively impact downtown business. A motion was made and seconded to approve this request on condition organizers use the parking ramp first and, if needed, then use Lot 14 Riverview Lot. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. Stillwater farmers market John presented the Stillwater Farmers Markets request to use parking lot 14 Riverview City staff will forward Lot on Saturdays from June 12 through October 30 th . A motion was made and recommendation. seconded to approve this request. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. Ragnar Relay John presented the Anderson Race Management request to use parking spaces on City staff will forward August 21, 2010. This event consists of 350 twelve- person running relay teams going recommendation. from Winona to Minneapolis. Concern was expressed in that last year they used more spaces and for a longer time frame than they had requested and paid for. A motion was made and seconded to approve their use of parking spaces at $6 per space a day for 5 days. A deposit of $360 would need to be received before a permit would be issued. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. 34`" MP Motorcycle Ride John presented the 34 Military Police Company Ride request scheduled for July 24, John will contact the organizers. 2010. This motorcycle ride is a fundraiser to support scholarships in the name of the fallen soldiers from the 34 Military Police Company. Everyone was highly supportive of this request but this event is scheduled at the same time as Lumberjack Days. John stated he would like to table this request for now and would contact the organizers to find a solution. It was agreed to table this item. Lowell Inn request for Bill presented the Lowell Inn's request for two loading /unloading spaces across the Bill will contact the Lowell Inn and passenger loading spots street from their building. Safety concerns were expressed with hotel customers see if they agree with the needing to move their luggage across the street. Support was expressed for the idea of recommendation. several loading /unloading parking spaces but in a different location. The suggestion was made to put the loading /unloading spaces in front of the hotel entrance in the place of several handicap spaces and place two new handicap spaces in the space in front of the new addition. A motion was made and seconded to replace the two southern-most handicap spaces in front of the hotel with two load /unloading parking spots. Then add two replacement handicap spaces in the area in front of the addition. The Lowell Inn would reimburse the City for any expenses related to drilling of cement for a signposts. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. prices for parking ramp Bill presented background information on parking ramp vouchers and requested a Bill will forward the page 2 agenda discussion action prices for parking ramp Bill presented background information on parking ramp vouchers and requested a Bill will forward the vouchers recommendation on pricing for the vouchers. A motion was made and seconded to recommendation. offer $2.75 ramp vouchers for non - weekends and $4.75 for weekends. A minimum of 25 would be required for purchase. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. parking ramp equipment Dennis presented his concern over city staff having to handle the actual cash and coins Dennis will forward this supplies from the parking ramp machines when they get full. Everyone agreed this was not a recommendation for purchase. good use of staff. The solution is to purchase two more note vaults and one space coin vault that can be switched out when a vault gets full. A motion was made and seconded to purchase two spare note vaults at $551.00 /each and one spare coin vault at $381.00. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. way - finding signage for Mike presented the review city staff completed on way - finding signage to all of the City staff will forward this parking downtown parking lots. Staff proposed to replace the old way - finding signs with new recommendation for signs that reflect changes to downtown parking. A motion was made and seconded to implementation. proceed with city staff recommendation to remove the old way - finding signs and to replace them with 14 new signs ($80 per sign and $150 for posts where needed) in the locations recommended by staff. The motion passed in a unanimous voice vote. 2010 Downtown Stillwater Dennis stated the parking guide was soon going to the printers and asked if there were Dennis will forward the suggestions Public Parking Guide any more changes. It was suggested to place on the guide that vouchers are available. to the parking guide before printing. There was a question if the "Events Calendar" on the guide was complete. Aimee and Sherri will contact the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce to ensure the events calendar is complete. updated parking inventory & Bill reviewed the preliminary inventory of parking in downtown Stillwater. The Educate the public to change the 15- minute parking spots inventory found a total of 3,107 parking spaces in the Stillwater Central Business perception that downtown parking District. A little over 73 percent of public parking downtown is free. is difficult. agenda items tabled for until Agenda item "Policy on special event usage of parking" was tabled until next meeting Bill will include the tabled items in next meeting as time ran out. next month's agenda. Agenda items, "Policy on tour bus parking, Paving gravel lots and 2010 Lot improvement projects" were to be presented by John and he was called away from the meeting. These agenda items will be table until next month's meeting adjourment A motion was made and seconded to adjourn until next months meeting. The motion asked in a unanimous voice vote. next meeting: The next meeting will be Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:30 a.m. at City Hall. Bill will send out agenda and supporting documentation before page 3